Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-06-27
A TREE MAN TALKS.
SHADE TREES MAY BE PLANTED,
EVEN IF 10 YEARS OLD.

EVEN IF 10 YEARS OLD.
How the Work q. Successfully Accom-
plished by - Chicago Msn-DifHcuItie
which Modern skill Has Overcome
Planting = Big Tree.
Said Mr. Peterson. q well known tree man
the other day: II hardly know how to in
/ press upon you some idea Of the tree business
! The fire of 1871 swept away everything in tn
way Of city trees, and especially on the nortl
side where tree culture in the residence street
had been studied and developed The beauti
full lindens, elms, catalpas and ALL then in the
first and best vigor. went down in IA second
Possession Of trees and shade is something
OF a luxury, but what luxury shade tre-
isl The popular idea is that a tree must hav,
been planted good many years before IT " il
throw cut a leaf. That Is nonsense An,
tree man will plant shade trees all the way
up to 10 years old, and guarantee theil
growth and shade Give me ten square feet
monarch of tue forest"
This is not the popularity accepted idea
which is that trees grow from slips and
sifput> Ot PATIENCE Dul
the nurseryman told of his Lincoln tree, >
which he planted on his own grounds in 1856
the day Lincolns body was in state al
Bryan hall Mr.. Peterson said: 1T was d
big tree then-a great one. 1t was seventy
five feet high and three feet ia diameter
The tree is now q giant. 1t is an elm, and
its shade covers nearly half an acre" MIR
Peterson has planted q lot of memorial trees
ON his grounds. He has two Garfield trees,
one each for Sherman. Thomas, Sheridan.
and when Grant visited Chicago last be
planted two other monarchs which are now
in full and majestic growth.
The popular idea is that trees must be mere
sprouts when put in the ground Many peo,
pile are deferred from arbor culture because
they think that life is too short to see n tre~
grow. Modern skill has overcome all thai,
difficulty. Peterson is but one of a dozen OF
his class who can transplant q tree dozen
years old. Said another arbor culturist al
the South park:
Trees depend largely upon those who
plant EN-. 1t would he silly to suppose that
at this late day we are going to wait for the
tree to grow in its own soil Some of us who
are ~ or thereabouts are not going to plant 8
prairie with sprouts. We can put dowr
maples-the soft variety-the most beautiful
shade tree in the world, already four inche.
in diameter, for 81 There is no shade tree
like the maple. unless it be the English wal
nut, and that grows best in southern Caiifor
mia. But of the trees best suited here are tn,
linden, ash, box elder and all the varieties OF
maple; then the great sycamore. There arr
scores of varieties of these, and the student OF
arbor culture is stumped at once IN his selec.
tions. But the silver leaf maple is the tinesi
shade tree of this climate.
THE FASTEST GROWING TREE
The eucalyptus is the fastest growing tret
that ever implanted itself on American soil
1t would probably grow in Florida or Louisi
ana, or perhaps III Texas. 1t would not grow
1t all about Chicago or anywhere in lake lat
itudes. But in California ali one has TO do i
to cut q sprout. stick it in the ground and IL
two weeks he will see that the thing is under
way. When 1t is said truthfully that in thre.
years twelve cords Of wood can be cut from
that sprout, some idea can be formed of th,
Australian blue gum" and its growth. Bu'
none Of these trees are fitted for the climat.
here and it is useless to speak of them. Th,
great shade trees Of this region are the elm
and the maple"
aIt is exactly eleven v.or, ago said Mr.
Peterson .tbat / PLANTED What called m,
elm in Washington marx I,w.,
dome in F.bru,rv ls.6 This aim was NOR,
than 100 y.ars old three feet in diameter a,
the base. nearly sixty feet in height of sym
m.tricsI proportiops having a hail of eartt
twelve feet in diameter the Who'll. weighing
inward of twenty tons. and was removes
from irs native forest Y.,uirinr twent,
horses for its cartase.- That merely show,
what can be done. In Chicago the tree.
which seek rootape along the sidewalks ar,
of the harder kinds. They come at all ages
Those who pay most get the best and Oldest
The elms are sometimes seven years old wher
All come with a huge ball O,
eartb-tbeir native soil-a cavity is dug. tn,
tree is put in and guged, and in the spring
time the buds and blossoms follow as if n,
disturbance had been had.
How do YOU plant these bic trees. anC
whensr was asked Of one man who knew hi,
business -Tbe popular idea is that autum,
is the time, remarked his ouestioner.
THAT is nonsense replied the tree man
aJt vp,keS NO difFarenos xbsp All va n.. |